Crossword-Solution: PARAMOECIUM
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| any freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body covered with cilia | 1 answer |
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The old plural of Eye.
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Sentences with PARAMOECIUM (5)
SINGLE-CELLED ANIMALS CONSIDERED AS ORGANISMS _Problems.--To determine:_ _(a) How a one-celled animal is influenced by its environment._ _(b) How a single cell performs its functions._ _(c) The structure of a single-celled animal._ LABORATORY SUGGESTIONS _Laboratory study._--Study of paramoecium under compound microscope in its relation to food, oxygen, etc.
Where to find Paramoecium.--If we examine very carefully the surface of a hay infusion, we are likely to notice in addition to the scum formed of bacteria, a mass of whitish tiny dots collected along the edge of the jar close to the surface of the water.
The Life Habits of Paramoecium.--If we place on a slide a drop of water containing some of these moving objects and examine it under the compound microscope, we find each minute whitish dot is a cell, elongated, oval, or elliptical in outline and somewhat flattened.
The locomotion of the paramoecium is caused by the movement of these cilia, which lash the water like a multitude of tiny oars.
Complex One-celled Animals.--In the paramoecium we find a single cell, but we find certain parts of the cell having certain definite functions: the cilia are used for locomotion; a definite part of the cell takes in food, while the waste passes out at another definite spot.